Growth in Numbers of Sickness and Invalids Benefit Recipients

This research paper is intended to report on an analysis that uses the MSD benefit dynamics data set to advance our understanding of the growth in numbers in receipt of the Invalids Benefit and Sickness Benefit that occurred over the decade to 2002. It also details the characteristics of people who come on to these benefits and their pathways off benefit.

Produced by: Centre for Social Research and Evaluation - Ministry of Social Development